Women's Win, Men's Streak Snapped

Women's Win, Men's Streak Snapped


As one piece of history comes to an end, another one starts. As the Men's record-setting win streak was snapped on Wednesday night, the Women's team set the highest win total for the program since the 1990-1991 season. The Women were not faced with a challenge against Gordon as they opened up the game on an 18-0 run. The Nor'easters did not look back after pulling ahead, never trailing in the game, and absolutely dominating every aspect of the game. The Ladies played their best defensive game of the season, swiping the ball awa 15 times and creating a total of 28 turnovers. However, the Fighting Scots did not display much talent on the court. The scoring charge for the Nor'Easters was lead by sophomore Carrie Bunnell, who dropped 17 and hit 3-4 from the three-point line, and freshman Margo Russell, who had 15 points. This win is a good way to go into a tough regular season finale against Nichols on Saturday. Nichols is making some history of their own, as they have strung together 21 straight, and sit on top of the conference standings.
The Men faced a tougher battle all night long, as both teams continuously shared and exchanged leads. Gordon's size showed to be a problem for the Nor'easters, who could not stop the Fighting Scots in the paint. The Nor'easters were forced to move away from their run-and-gun offense, and tried to take the Gordon big men, one-on-one, off the dribble. Despite holding a 37-34 lead at the half, momentum was clearly on the home teams side. The teams continued to exchange leads until about with six minutes left in the second half, Gordon went on a 13-0 run which they never looked back from. UNE did not play its brand of basketball on Wednesday night, making only five three-pointers (about half of their average), three that came in the final two minutes of the contest.
A loss for the Nor'easters in this game is not a bad thing, however. This brings the team back down to Earth, and I'm not saying they were getting cocky, because it is important for a team to know what losing feels like again before they head into the tournament. The Nor'easters had not lost since late-November, and despite wanting to continue their historic run, unfortunately fell short. UNE will look to get back on the right track tomorrow, as they will tip-off against Nichols College. Getting the winning streak snapped will make this team even hungrier in the tournament, and then they can make some real history.